re: Dyno bikes from the 90s

Posted by Proximo

Member since Aug 2011

20039 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:18 am to Newrow

I got this same bike for Christmas 1997. That green splash paint job was amazing. Still remember the Christmas lights reflecting off that bad boy

Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr

Northeast ohio

Member since Aug 2018

2320 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:20 am to Newrow

Yep got a blue dyno I think it was a nsx maybe for my 13 birthday

Posted by achenator

Member since Oct 2014

3157 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:23 am to learnthehardway

quote:
Dyno was ,Gt's low end offer. No full chromolly frames and specked out with low end parts. Honestly a low end line

not totally true. They had some “team” type offerings through the years. I remember a slammer That was high end with gT 3 pc cranks etc. I want to say they had a compe liike that too.

Source: I worked in bike shops 88-96

Posted by SouthEndzoneTiger

Louisiana

Member since Mar 2008

11034 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:25 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy

Yeah, I grew up in the 80s. My neighborhood comprised of Hutch, Redline, Mongoose, Diamondback, and I had a CW, chrome. I was the only one who had one, had to be different, lol. Very good bike though, as expensive or more so than the other ones I listed.

Posted by PCRammer

1725 Slough Avenue in Scranton, PA

Member since Jan 2014

1640 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:26 am to Newrow

frick off...I was too poor and had a Murray.

Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur

Chicago, IL

Member since Nov 2014

7042 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:27 am to learnthehardway

quote:
Dyno was ,Gt's low end offer.

IIRC, the status symbol hierarchy among us kids was:

Haro
GT
Dyno
Huffy

Posted by lsu777

Lake Charles

Member since Jan 2004

34840 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:28 am to SouthEndzoneTiger

I had a powerlite p28 in anti freeze green.

Now I have a 24" monza in chrome why black mag wheels. Awesome bike if anyone wants a badass bmx bike for an adult.

My youngest 2 have haro shredders and just got my oldest a gt air he gets next weekend for his birthday.

Posted by ruzil

Baton Rouge

Member since Feb 2012

17915 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:41 am to baytiger11

quote:
Yep just give the pedals a good kick in reverse and drift that bitch across a gravel driveway

We used to fold up a piece of roofing felt and use it to drift on blacktop.

Be wary of when the felt gets thin, because young nuts and the bikes gooseneck don’t get along well.

Posted by gumbo2176

Member since May 2018

17968 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:47 am to Antib551

quote:
This was me in the late 90s. GT Air Chrome with mags.

Hard to ride with that flat front tire I bet.

Posted by Jj283

Houma

Member since May 2015

806 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:48 am to Newrow

I got the 3rd one Christmas of 1994. I was 11.

I still have it today at 38. I took it out of storage last March when Covid hit. Put new tires and handgrips on it and still ride it.

It was awesome seeing the kids in the neighborhoods jaw drop when they saw an “old” dude cruising on a Dyno. ??

Posted by SEC. 593

Chicago

Member since Aug 2012

4275 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:49 am to learnthehardway

Me and my Brothers all raced BMX growing-up and PK Ripper was what we raced with. Super light but strong.

I bought a $1k PK Ripper at the age of 15, but than turned 16 and bought a $900 car and never rode it again.

Sold it cheap to my little brother and he turned around a won Nationals on it a few months later. He still rides it 25 years later.

Posted by nola000

Lacombe, LA

Member since Dec 2014

13139 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:58 am to Newrow

My first real bike. Mine was smoked Chrome or gunmetal grey or whatever it was. Basically smoked gray version of Chrome. Must have been the only one in existence because I can't find a picture of it anywhere on the interwebs.

This post was edited on 4/2/21 at 9:08 am

Posted by learnthehardway

B.R./Northshore

Member since Oct 2007

10023 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 9:46 am to SEC. 593

When I was young and raced I had a candy apple red hutch expert decked out with RL flight cranks hutch bear trap pedals, 1"3/8 wheels built around bullseye hubs. Quit for about a decade and started riding street and dirt jumping. at that point I pretty much stuck to S&M bikes or Standard bike company. I ended up getting on a unofficial flow list with S&M and got pretty much all my stuff free or dirt cheap. I actually rode until I was 40+ and finished up with a 22" S&M Holmes. My body is destroyed now as a result of this. Sold the Holmes 22 after knocking myself out on a box jump in my back yard. I promoted a few contests and things like that for a while but eventually got away from it completely. I still miss the feeling of a nice dirt rythm rhythm section today. I'll probably pick up a 26" quadangle at some point and just cruise and hop a curb here and there

Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr

Northeast ohio

Member since Aug 2018

2320 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 1:59 pm to PCRammer

quote:
frick off...I was too poor and had a Murray

Bruh me too, my first one was cheap from toys r us the the handle bars kept moving every time I’d jump, my dad did all he could to
Keep it from moving, it was just cheap,
And after that before I got my dyno I pieced together my first bmx with a frame from my friends garage and a mag wheel from someone else, spoke rear wheel and no breaks... but I loved it.

Posted by Kracka

Lafayette, Louisiana

Member since Aug 2004

41602 posts

Posted on 4/2/21 at 2:04 pm to Newrow

I had a GT Redline with Araya spokes. That bike was awesome. I just bought reframe from a friend and used all my lawn mowing money on the rims, tires, gyro thing for the break lines. That bike was the love of my young life. I remember dropping some coin on a three piece crank for that bike.

This post was edited on 4/2/21 at 2:13 pm